Juan Crisostomo Arriaga Arriaga Quartet - Arriaga String quartets (12 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Juan Crisostomo Arriaga, Arriaga Quartet
Arriaga: String quartets
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. St Qt No.1 in d: First Movt: Allegro
2. St Qt No.1 in d: Second Movt: Adagio Con Espressione
3. St Qt No.1 in d: Third Movt: Menuetto. Allegro
4. St Qt No.1 in d: Fourth Movt: Adagio - Allegretto
5. St Qt No.2 in A: First Movt: Allegro Con Brio
6. St Qt No.2 in A: Second Movt: Tema Con Vars
7. St Qt No.2 in A: Third Movt: Menuetto. Scherzo
8. St Qt No.2 in A: Fourth Movt: Andante Ma Non Troppo - Allegro
9. St Qt No.3 in E flat: First Movt: Allegro
10. St Qt No.3 in E flat: Second Movt: Pastorale. Andantino
11. St Qt No.3 in E flat: Third Movt: Menuetto. Allegro
12. St Qt No.3 in E flat: Fourth Movt: Presto Agitato

CD Details

All Artists: Juan Crisostomo Arriaga, Arriaga Quartet
Title: Arriaga: String quartets
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Asv Living Era
Release Date: 1/23/2001
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 743625101225

CD Reviews

OK recording, but there are better alternatives

Louis Lee | Princeton, NJ United States | 01/11/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This recording sounds a bit too measured and mannered in terms of tone colour and phrasing when compared to, the Voces on MDG, or the new Casals version. The recording quality too, is slightly diffuse.These three quartets are relatively unknown gems of the early romantic repertoire and thoroughly deserve to be heard, but one should go for the new Harmonia Mundi Cuarteto Casals version for a refreshing and clean account (superbly recorded too), or the Voces for a totally opposite, romantic view."